AA BEIJING Visiting School
Tsinghua University
11–19 DECEMBER 2010
Beijing has become a metropolis increasingly
occupied by vehicles, whose streets
are wider and wider in order to relieve the
profusion of traffic jams. Because of this the
whole city fabric has been profoundly
modified, with multi-ring roads each supporting
a number of inter-connected highways
in-between. Despite numerous infrastructural
surgical procedures, the traffic
situation is not getting any better. Beijing is
slowly turning itself into a city that can only
be experienced by car. One direct consequence
is that crossing streets in Beijing is
really quite hazardous, and can take a
significant amount of time to successfully
accomplish.
This AA Visiting School in Beijing will
confront these issues, and will investigate
alternative ways of navigating the streets.
The conventional approach involves subways
and elevated pedestrian bridges –
purely functional facilities. In contrast, we
will explore solutions to this problem in
terms of expressive structures, urban icons,
environmental devices and informational
experiences.
Hyperlink, however, is not only an
approach, but also a mechanism for evolving
new computational architectural form.
To assist in this, technical support (both for
parametric software and rapid prototyping
hardware) will be provided throughout the
team-based design studio, and certain
specific parametric design techniques will
also be taught, enabling students to experiment
with code-based modeling and simulation
software. The programme will also
give participants an opportunity to explore
the city itself prior to the design studio, and
will later be enriched by a series of related
technical workshops, seminars and lectures.
Invited tutors and critics include
Alvin Huang, director of Amanda Levete
Architects, Duo Ning, director of Network
of Design Emergence, Xu Feng, XWG
Studio, Ercument Gorgul, Tongji University,
Shanghai.
Applicati ons
The deadline for applications
is 19 November 2010. A late
deadline of 3 December 2010
is also in effect, but this
will incur a £50 surcharge.
Application forms and
additional information are
available online at: www.aaschool.ac.uk/beijing
and applications can be
submitted to:
visitingschool@
aaschool.ac.uk
Acc omm odati on & Costs
Accommodation during the
workshop is not provided,
but accommodation at
an affordable hotel can be
advised. The AA Visiting
School requires a fee of
£650 per participant, which
includes a £50 Visiting
Student Membership, made
payable to the AA School
of Architecture. Fees do not
include flights. Participants
are encouraged to bring their
own laptops, digital cameras
and any other tools they may
wish to use during the
workshop.
More Informati on
Programme Director
Yan Gao
Visiting School Director
Christopher Pierce
Visiting School Coordinator
Sandra Sanna
T +44 (0)20 7887 4014
F +44 (0)20 7414 0782
E visitingschool@
aaschool.ac.uk
Architectural Association
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London WC1B 3ES www.aaschool.ac.uk/beijing作者: lazyboy 时间: 2010-10-16 11:47
支持一下，不错，
我在深圳，不知道港大那边是否也有类似的东东，近点，
广告也扣照度了，呵呵，作者: 麓山小农 时间: 2010-10-16 11:48
支持一下！{:3_64:}作者: WENDYJOLIE 时间: 2010-10-16 12:22
具体课程时间是12月几号到几号呢{:3_62:}作者: camphor 时间: 2010-10-16 13:31
如果像我这样的本科生去的话，会有什么收获呢？作者: 董羽天 时间: 2010-10-16 14:12
{:3_52:}常老师的吗作者: angela_top1 时间: 2010-10-16 14:31 2#lazyboy